Doc Ewen: The Horn, HI, and Other Events in US Radio Astronomy

Slide presentation: Millimeter-Wave Radiometry in the 1990s

Section 1: MAPS Facility, 1995

Millimeter Wave Analysis of Passive Signatures

The STAG program was initiated at Eglin Air Force Base in 1990 under the sponsorship of the Armament Directorate of Wright Laboratory. The purpose of the STAG program was to investigate and support passive millimeter wave activities associated with the development of smart tactical autonomous guidance systems. Development of the associated sensor technology focused attention on a data collection/phenomenology effort to provide a firm foundation for sensor design and algorithm development.

The centerpiece of the data collection/phenomenology effort was the mobile test bed referred to as MAPS, an acronym taken from Millimeter Wave Analysis of Passive Signatures. MAPS provided the data base of passive millimeter wave information concerning terrain, atmospheric, and target signatures needed to support the critical development technologies associated with the STAG program. MAPS' low-bed trailer included an equipment enclosure which was 8 feet wide and 25 feet long.

Photographs of MAPS are shown in the following slides; click on the thumbnails for larger images and explanatory text.